How to create an irregular textview or container? [duplicate] - android

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Create a Chat Bubble In Android
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i m creating a chatting application in android and just i want to change the view of textview for previewing the comments
textview has a rectangle shape but i want to change it such as below photo that i mentioned...
i searched a lot but because i m newbie in android i should ask it here
i need something like this widget....
i don't know exactly what is it?
is a textview or a container for a textview???
please help me find it out. thanks in advance...

This is just a simple textView with a background image to it. Use a 9-patch image for best results when stretched: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/NinePatch.html
Also, this site might help in creating 9-patch images:
http://draw9patch.com/

This is a image used as a background on TextView. You can add any shaped image on background of TextView.
There is a source code available for Chat bubbles in Android.

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http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#NinePatch
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Android: Add outer glow to ImageButton [duplicate]

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I have been looking at these posts:
StateList
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What I really want is to add an outer-glow or some way to highlight the button onclick versus making different images for the associated states. Is this possible using colors or themes?
Thanks in advance :)
EDIT:
I found a good solution here, not quite the right answer but a good one none the less:
standard-android-button-with-a-different-color
I think you will be better off making an image for the state rather than trying to use software to render this automatically. The software solution will most likely be slower.

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